Deputy Program Director

Profectus; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Profectus is recruiting an experienced Deputy Program Director to support a multi-year registry modernisation program for an Australian Government agency. The role spans governance, operating rhythm, RAID and executive reporting across 20+ projects and ~350 staff, with deputising duties for the Program Director.

The position requires strong leadership, governance, and stakeholder management, plus experience across large technology programs and regulatory reform initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in program and project delivery.
• Senior roles on large technology-enabled programs.
• Australian Government or regulated-sector programs.
• Governance, RAID, planning and reporting.
• Coordinating multiple workstreams and suppliers.
• Executive-level stakeholder management and communication.
• Mentoring PMO staff and project managers.
• Program recovery or stabilisation.
• Registry, licensing, regulatory or legislative reform programs.
• Legacy system modernisation programs.

Responsibilities

• Support the Program Director across planning, execution oversight and governance.
• Run program operating rhythm, boards and steering committees; action tracking.
• Coordinate planning and sequencing across workstreams and suppliers.
• Manage RAID process and drive timely corrective action.
• Prepare executive and steering committee reporting.
• Deputise for the Program Director with senior stakeholders.
• Support staffing, onboarding and performance of agency and partner teams.
• Document governance processes and templates for reuse.
• Mentor PMO staff and project managers.

Skills

Program governance

Stakeholder management

Leadership mentoring

Risk and RAID management

Delivery oversight

Tools

MSP

PRINCE2

PMP

Job description

Profectus is seeking an experienced Deputy Program Director to support the Program Director of a multi-year registry modernisation program within an Australian Government agency. The program spans more than 20 projects across three workstreams and around 350 people, and is replacing an ADABAS/Natural mainframe, Siebel CRM and Lotus Notes environment with Dynamics 365, OutSystems/.NET, Databricks, Boomi, AWS and Azure. The work covers the program operating rhythm, governance and RAID, executive reporting and deputising for the Program Director.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Program Director across program planning, execution oversight and governance
• Run the program operating rhythm, including program boards, workstream reviews, steering committee preparation and action tracking
• Coordinate integrated planning, dependencies and sequencing across workstreams and delivery partners
• Run the program RAID process and drive timely, evidence-based corrective action
• Oversee preparation of executive and steering committee reporting
• Deputise for the Program Director and represent the program with senior stakeholders
• Support program staffing, onboarding and performance across agency and partner teams
• Pair with agency staff in program management roles and hand over the program operating rhythm
• Document governance processes and templates as reusable agency assets
• Mentor project managers and PMO staff

Required Experience

• 10+ years in program and project delivery
• Senior roles on large technology-enabled programs
• Australian Government or regulated-sector programs
• Governance, RAID, planning and reporting
• Coordinating multiple workstreams and suppliers
• Stakeholder management and written communication at executive level
• Mentoring project managers and PMO staff
• Program recovery or stabilisation
• Registry, licensing, regulatory or legislative reform programs
• Legacy system modernisation programs
• MSP, PRINCE2, PMP or agile certifications

Security Clearance Requirements

• Must be an Australian Citizen
• Must have a current AGSVA Baseline Security Clearance (minimum)

Working Arrangements

• Onsite at client premises
• Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane or Traralgon (VIC)

Why Profectus

Profectus partners with Australian Government agencies to deliver trusted ICT capability across complex delivery programs. We take a long term, relationship driven approach, supporting our people across the full lifecycle of their engagement while contributing to outcomes of national importance.